During his first tour of the newsroom set, he appeared jet-lagged and didn't ask many questions. A few days later, on camera, he ad-libbed a perfect line aimed at McAdams's character: "I've been here 15 years, I've got a 16-year-old computer. She's been here 15 minutes and she's got enough gear to launch a [expletive] satellite." He had noticed that the Globe's online staff enjoyed snazzy new technology while the print reporters typed on clunky old equipment. Somehow, without a hint from me, he picked up on a gripe you would hear in any print newsroom.

Here's something from AP critic Christy Lemire's review that we all might find interesting:<blockquote>But it also turns out to be a fond homage to old-school journalism, and it plays like a eulogy for a sadly dying industry.

That's especially true of the footage that rolls during the closing credits: the printing, packaging and shipping out of a big-city newspaper. The images may seem mundane, but they also evoke nostalgia for a more optimistic, prosperous time - especially for those of us who work in this business.</blockquote>

Saw it last night and enjoyed it quite a bit. But the most amusing moment of the night was during the previews. Some movie called The Informers, Billy Bob and a few other names are in it. At the end as it's listing who will be in this blockbuster flashes the name BRAD RENFRO.

The thing must have been in distribution or editing hell.

As for the movie, Crowe is really good, just like pretty much everything he's in. Affleck sort of has to play a stiff character, but the difference in acting skills between those two is striking.

A modern-day All The President’s Men salutes print journalism on its way out the door.

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Ouch. The closing-credits montage was described as "the print equivalent of that terrible late-period Soul Asylum video that waxes nostalgic over CD manufacturing," which made me giggle. What video was that?